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any idea what the fault may be?
Hi I have an old Ford Fiesta which has a problem with the fan not always working meaning the fan for the heater and the enginer stops working. It generally works when i start the car but sometimes when the fan is required it ust stops - meaning the engine starts to overheat. I addition the heater sometimes only starts when…
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Head gasket replacement - how long should it last?
I had a head gasket blow on my Renault in Feb 07, and I've done about 18,000 miles since. It looks likely it's blown again. I would think the replacement should have lasted much longer than that? TIA ;)
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Replacing Passenger wing on Ford Focus
My girlfriend hit her ford focus off a post and dented the passenger wheel arch. It is too badly damaged to beat out and she needs a new wing. Local body repair place have said she can get a non Ford Focus wing that is still identical for £40, £80 for paint and £110 for labour so £230 all in to replace it. Is this…
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Someone Reversed Into My Car
At the time this idiot did this he got out of his car and apologised to me, gave me his insurance details and left , because this person was in a hurry,there were no witnesses to this accept for a man who was passing by and i did not get his name ,but i do see him around the car park alot so i may bump into him again and i…
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Lost Provisional Driving Licence card
Hi, my friend asked me to book her a re-test online as she failed her test yesterday. I have gone from the living room upstairs with her paperwork and somehow lost the card. I have searched high and low and even had the floorboards up in the bathroom (as I'm waiting for my new carpet to be fitted), and I cannot find the…
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Day trip to London - Park & Ride?
I am off for the day to London on Saturday with a gal pal for a good old dose of window shopping! We looked at train tickets but they were quite expensive so we have decided to drive the majority of the way and then park up and get a train / tube into the centre. We are by the M1 in Northampton so that will be the route we…
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Ford Focus Servicing Costs
What's a ball-park figure for a regular service on a ford focus? It's over-due by a few months but I've only added nearly 10k since last years service so it's about time it gets seen to ( shame xmas is on the doorstep ) Last time for its 40k "major" service I paid over 4oo quid, think they saw me coming! Needless to say…
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How Does Virgin Advance Ticket Release Work?
Does anyone use these tickets regularly and undersatand their seemingly top secret system. I've been trying to book for 29th jan warrington to london and have checked the website daily for advance (cheap) tickets Finally today it seems my date of travel has been released, yet none are available to buy. I called the…
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cam belt broke
just as your trying to save some money something alwys goes wrong, friday ntie it was my cam , belt, i need this sorted to get to work, everyone please keep your fingers crossed for me isnt hasnt damaged the engine, thanx skintas x:confused:
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Help please my OH just put petrol in my diesel car :eek:
Hello everyone Any advice please as my OH just half filled my Peugeot 307 with petrol instead of diesel... :o I do hope it wont damage the engine. :( I can't believe he did this... Fiona :A
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New car PLEASE HELP !!!
Hi I need a little bit of financial advise and this is not a wind up. Ive made a bit of a **** up and im just wondering what everyone else would do. Its a story about a boy and his car. Around a year and a half ago I bought a brand spanking new BMW 1 series as I fancied something a little different. After a year and a half…
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parking fine wriggling threads
Is it just me or has there been a huge increase in these threads are more being issued or are more people parking where they shouldnt or whatever as they know they can get away with it
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Private parking fine
:santa2: Hi all, I have seen a lot of info bout private parking tickets and just wanted to know if any one has any expereinces: good or bad: of ignoring them. i understand they are unenforceable but im a bit worried that i'll ignore mine and get a bailiff on my doorstep! I got a ticket one week ago for parking at aldi. I…
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Private Parking Ticket
My bf parked at a university car park today where he shouldn't have been. Now I am all for penalising idiots who park incorrectly but we can't afford £50 on this ticket... It was a motorbike I don't know if that makes any difference. As it's a private parking fine and not a council issued one is there anything we can do?…
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Buying a Nearly New Car
Hello All Our family runabout is on its last legs, so we are in the market for a new one. After humming and haa-ing we've narrowed the search down to 2 alternatives, both late plate runabouts (small engines, fairly basic spec etc). I need to to know how good a deal I can expect off the sticker price - for those of you are…
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why do you still have to produce documents at police station
my wife had an accident in our car last week ,and although according to the police datat base in the policemans car,he told her who we were insured with,that the car was mot'd,and the tax was fine,she also had here photo card liscence with her,she still had to produce liscence,mot certificate and insurance certificate at…
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Transit Timing Belt
My wife has a 1993 2.5 Ford Transit turbo diesel ('banana engine') which she now uses as a runabout, so it doesn't do many miles. Indeed, it's only done about 7.5k since the last cam belt change in Novermber 2004. The bodywork has started to deteriorate, but we can get the old dear through the MoT one more time and expect…
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Motor Legal Protection?
Hi, My car insurance is up quite soon, just looking over my renewal details and I'm paying for .Basic premium .Motor legal Protection .Guaranteed Hire Car. Now I'm going to cancel the hire car, that is not important. What about the motor legal protection? Is it worth keeping this or does the basic premium cover what I…
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paintwork on Corsa
I have an R reg corsa (my baby) it has full service history she runs like a dream and (touch wood) i have never had a problem with running her, however her paintwork is flat and dull any suggestions how to spruce her up without forking out money i don't have to get her resprayed. I also have another question, my husband is…
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Car Accident not my fault? advice needed please
